#was i surprised when the main character started shagging death? yes.

[eli-is-an-idiot]

regret to inform you all that i watched a marvel tv series for the first time since 2022 and i actually enjoyed it

[lifeofnickripley]

Game of Thrones: Fav characters and characters I dislike

(Long post) Kay so, today is the premiere of the final season, guess I'll do my top Ten favorite characters(it is pretty much my favorite show of all time). Show only since I have yet to read the books. If you wonder my opinion on any character not mentioned I either forgot to mention them or I didn't think they really earned a spot on the lists. Yes I do censor things in this a bit buuut I want my web comic to have a wider audience so yea, deal with it. (SPOILER WARNING, at this point, if ur not caught up tho, you have only yourself to blame) Liked Honorable mentions: - Melisandre - before I found out bout the necklace, I had the HUGEST crush on her. She's evil, yes, but she adds a sense of wonder and magic to the show, so I still like her character (other than that necklace scene obviously). Plus Jon wouldn't be back if it weren't for her so haters gonna hate. - Bronn- if he doesn't get his damn castle...lol I doubt I need to say why this wise cracking sword for hire is a favorite, I think most people love him. - Yara Greyjoy - Badass pirate/Viking chick on the high seas? Hell yeah! Plus I love Greyjoy armor, I don't doubt Euron will probably kill her though. - Oberyn Martell - Awesome character, the Red Viper was fierce with a spear and even moreso with his attitude. Unfortunately his pride wound up being his undoing in the end, arguably one of the most effective deaths in the series. - Tormund Giantsbane - How can you not love this absolute bro? I don't even like Brienne and I ship them. Geniune badass. - Jorah Mormont - Lord of the Friend zone, his loyalty makes him one of my favs, not top ten tier though - Petyr Baelish: The events of Game of Thrones wouldn't have happened without this slimy bastard. He was smart and cunning (which made him fun to watch) and though his death was cool, the build up was kind of weak (weird Sansa/Arya storyline) Favorite characters: 10.) Ned Stark - Everyone's original favorite character, his death cemented that GOT wasn't f*ckin around. I mean, damn, still a brutal death scene to watch to this day. Props to Sean Bean for making his so awesome. He was honorable to a fault in a dishonorable world. 9.) Ramsey Bolton - Kay, so I might get some flack for this one, but he was a great bad guy. I mean he was legit terrifying and despicable! Made the Battle of the Bastards have an entirely different level of intensity than most of the battle scenes. Dude was an absolute monster, but unlike another widely disliked villain, this psycho got his own hands dirty instead of beckoning others to. His death scene was poetic but I kinda wanted it to be gorier. (I'm an edgelord though) 8.)Jon Snow - Awesome character, obviously I dig him, so why so low on the list? Honestly, there's characters I like more. But he's still really cool, definitely has the best fight scenes of any of the characters. WE BETTER SEE GHOST THIS SEASON THOUGH!! Lol things are gonna be hella awkward when he finds out Dany is his aunt, yet we still root for them as a couple...that's wincest for you hurr hurr hurr hurr (sorry) I could see him living in the end cus tbh killing him again would be repetitive BS. 7.)Tywin Lannister - Kay...so he died on the sh*tter (imo probably the worst place to die) AND he was an absolute d*ck to Tyrion...but dude, he was awesome. He literally has a song about him in the world of GOT that is used as a warning to others to not f*ck with him!! He took a house that was laughed at and turned it into one of the most feared houses in all of Westeros. That is pretty frickin cool. 6.) Cersei Lannister - Another one I'll get flack for but whatever lol She's cool! So what she shags her brother and is an awful human being? She's a badass! Did you SEE how she blew up all of her enemies in the court and solidified her queen status in one fell swoop? That was dope!! She's vile but very entertaining to watch. RIP the Tyrells. Probably gonna get choked out though by her brother like Maggie the frog predicted. (By my second favorite character no less) 5.) Daenerys Targaryen - Dany! One of my cats is named after her! I love this character. The dragons are amazing, she's cute, she's powerful, maybe a little insane cus of Targaryen madness, and she's overcome some amazing odds. Her storylines could be a little meh in the grand scheme of things but Emilia Clarke's portrayal has made a character that we really root for. I suspect she'll die personally by the Night King buuuuut we'll see. 4.)Tyrion Lannister -Tyrion's writing has gone down a bit in recent seasons but still, most people's favorite Lannister. His quick wit and resilience make him a solidified favorite. Still seems like the person you'd most wanna drink with. I'd be pretty damn surprised if he bit the dust. 3.) Arya Stark - My other cat is named after her and there's a good reason why, SHE'S BASICALLY BECOME A FREAKING FACE STEALING NINJA!!! She was always likeable and I think I've enjoyed almost every storyline she's been a part of (excluding her main one last season) Maisie Williams is a great actress and I hope to see more of her in the future. I doubt Arya will die, but based on that one trailer, things do seem rather bleak for her. Who knows...maybe GRRM wants a divorce... 2.) Jaime Lannister - Yes. This dude is my favorite Lannister. In case you couldn't tell, Lannister is my favorite house. He's really had the best redemption arc in the series. He went from a character I disliked to my second favorite. I predict he will be the one to kill his sister, what happens to him after that, idk. It'll be awkward when he meets Bran again though... 1.) The Hound (Sandor Clegane) - CLEGANEBOWL BETTER HAPPEN!! Kay so... admittedly I screamed like a little freaking girl when this character came back. He... HE'S JUST SO FREAKING COOL!! Admittedly being a 6 footer and a rather grumpy individual, I probably relate to him more than I'd like to admit. Probably will die, but as long as he fights his brother, I'll be a very happy edgelord. Characters I dislike: 10.) Sansa Stark - Kay so I just...I dislike her, I never liked her. I feel sorry for her, sure. She's gotten better over time, sure. I still see her as very entitled and kinda whiny/bratty. She'll probably die. If not I won't be disappointed, still though, not a fan of Sansa. It was cool how she killed Ramsey, tho again, do wish the scene was gorier. 9.) Robb Stark - Ned Stark 2.0 but way less cool. Nuff said. I was okay with his death in the Red Wedding. Shouldn't have made a promise you weren't gonna commit to. Even if Walder Frey is a d*ck. 8.) Catelyn Stark - She was just such a jerk to Jon Snow and Tyrion, seriously. Even moreso in the books from what I have read of them. She got on my nerves. Honestly, I don't feel like Lady Stoneheart would've added much in terms of storyline. 7.) Brienne of Tarth: I find her annoying. Sure, her fight with the hound was FREAKING COOL, but she's kinda too self righteous for her own good. Duty is her thing and all but she is really not good at holding up to her vows. Still ship her and Tormund though. 6.) Theon Greyjoy - hated this dude, then felt sorry for him, now I roll my eyes at him. Honestly, Greyjoys other than Yara are pretty meh characters. Good for him finally regaining figurative cajones. Doubt he'll save his sister though, or survive the White Walkers for that matter. 5.) Euron Greyjoy - this one is a shame cus I hear the book character is amazing. Feels like a pretty generic bad guy of the week type for a show with outstanding villains. Funny like here or there, but kinda a weak character overall. Theon will probably kill him, though I'd love to see a twist where he kills Theon. 4.) Walder Frey - Old dude that got what was coming to him, props to the guy who plays Filch, portrayed two characters who were absolutely despicable. I doubt I really have to list the ways this cowardly character was despicable. Awesome death scene though. Winter came for House Frey. 3.) Shae - Grrrr. The actual actress I feel very sorry for cus I've heard her story, but man this character. Dumb but smart enough to screw over Tyrion. For personal reasons, I really hate this character, reminds me of people I've known. 2.) Tommen and Myrcella Baratheon - Most. Useless. Lannisters. Ever. I'm a Lannister fan so you could see why I roll my eyes so hard with these two. Tommen rolled over so hard you might as well have called him a wheel. And Myrcella was just kinda there, admittedly sad to watch her death scene though (pretty much moreso because it was the only time Jaime was really able to connect with his daughter) 1.) Joffrey Baratheon - Everyone probably saw this coming. Joffrey is that kid on the playground that'd hit you, you'd hit back, they'd start crying and get you in trouble. Everybody knew that kid, I think that's why everyone hates this character so. But man, his death scene was soooo satisfying. Props to the Jack Gleason for making him so horrible. There ya have it. My opinions on GOT characters. Freaking excited for tonight's premiere!! WINTER IS HERE!!

[psychic-timetraveler]

So I’ve been really into watching Preacher lately and Cassidy is my favorite character. Because of that, he became one of my main inspirations for Doug. Mostly the old as balls Irishman who doesn’t look a day over 30. I was inspired to write a little drabble with Doug, my adorable lil ginger Irishman, about his backstory.

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“So, I’ve been dying to know something.” Rose began, smiling to her favorite Irishman. Well, Doug was the only Irishman she knew, but still one of her closest friends in the organization. She could listen to him talk for hours on end.

He had been repairing her stasis gun that wasn’t firing properly when he finally decided to take a beer break. His feet were kicked up on the desk he was working on as he reclined back into his chair. The suit jacket he normally wore laid across the back of the chair, acting as a blanket from the leather on his back. All that was left was for him to take off his tie and he’d be at maximum comfort capacity for the rest of the cycle.

“What might that be?” He asked her, raising an eyebrow as he took a sip of his beer. Any more alcohol in his system and she’d barely be able to understand him with his thick accent still proud and prominent.

“How did a guy as young as you manage to get into this sort of position? I mean, you’re younger than Miss Blake and Q, how did you manage it?”

“What do ya mean? How I made it to be a knowledgable tech wizard at only about 175 years old?”

She nodded. “Yeah. If you don’t mind me asking, that is.”

He waved her off. “Not a problem, lass.” Doug readjusted himself and set the beer bottle on the table. Once situated in the chair, he began to roll up his shirt sleeves to his elbows. “Let’s see now… Where should I begin…” He trailed off, humming to himself as he rolled up the sleeves. “Well, obviously I’m from Ireland. Adare, more specifically. Nowadays it’s a little town but back in the day it was just a small farmin’ village. The nearest major city is Limerick.”

Finally his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. He picked up his beer again and took a sip. Relaxing in the chair again he crossed his legs. “Year is 1848, smack dab in the middle of the Great Famine or as you’d know it as the Irish Potato Famine. Me dad was already gone off to find work elsewhere, leavin’ me to watch over me mum and eight younger sibling’s seein’ how I was the eldest male.”

“Yikes.” Rose cringed.

“Well, think of the time and place. It was how it was back then.” He shrugged and adjusted again. “Anyway. Me mum was dyin’ along side me two youngest sisters. So, here I am doin’ my best with everythin’ and tryin’ to appease the rest of the youngin’s. Jugglin’ a job that don’t pay worth a bloody damn, takin’ care of me family, and worryin’ about literally everythin’ else that was goin’ on in the country at the time.” He shook his head and swore in Gaelic under his breath. What he said was beyond Rose, but she knew it was bad when he finished off his beer and went to grab another one.

He cracked it open and took a long sip before continuing. “Flash forward about a month or so. Sisters are gone, mum’s barely hangin’ on, now me younger brother isn’t lookin’ good, and neither is me. It’s just a load of shite pillin’ up. So, me and me eldest sister are in the market one day doin’ errands when I see this strange lookin’ bloke.

“Odd clothes, messy hair, glasses, just an out of place lookin’ bloke. I go up to him and we start talkin’. Now, the thin’ about Ireland and the time period is that most of us were or are Catholics. As a Catholic, there obviously was no talk about same sex relationships. Did not do anythin’ there and then, regardless of impulses inside. Not that you want to hear about the dirty details anyway.”

“Not really but that’s still cute how you were willing to go against the church for him.”

He smiled. “Aye. I’d do anythin’ for that man. At the time, thin’s had to be on the down low. He was about, uh, I’d say thirty two and I was only about twenty two, around your age. I fell hard and fast. Couldn’t get this odd bloke out of my head for a good year and a half.

“So that amount of time goes by. We’re still dealin’ with everythin’, I lost most of my family by that point. There was me mum and four of us left. Mum wasn’t doin’ well and we were all surprised that she made it that long. Death was just a part of everythin’ else goin’ on. We sort of just had to accept it. I know it’s dark and twisted but, it’s history and history is dark and twisted.”

“I wasn’t denying it. I’m sure being there and reading about it in history books were totally different.” Rose shrugged.

“Aye, but that’s one of the thin’s that the history books got right. Thin’s weren’t goin’ well, still doin’ my best to raise and take care of me sibling’s. I’d just lost me job due to some lay-offs so thin’s weren’t goin’ good but there was still hope. We had God on our side and we were just prayin’ and doin’ our best.

“One day, this weird bloke that I remember seein’ comes back to my doorstep. It was late, everyone else was asleep and there was a knock at the door. Our house wasn’t big, no. It was a small three roomed shack if anythin’. So, tryin’ to be quite was key when it was late. Seein’ this weird bloke sort of cheered me up for a short period of time.

“So, he’s at the doorstep and wants to talk. I agree and we start walkin’ around the property. We’re talkin’ and he offers me a smoke. So, we’re walkin’ and smokin’ just having a nice chat. All of a sudden this bloke just turns to me and says that I need to go with him. Of course I wanted to say that I’d follow him to the ends of the earth if he asked, but no. I just say sure.”

“Awe.” Rose smiled.

“Oi, shut up.” He smiled, waving her off. “Anyway, I agree to go with this bloke. Suddenly, this poor pathetic lad from bumfuck nowhere Ireland was introduced to,” he made a gesture with his arms, “this. All of this.”

“I’d imagine that be overwhelming.”

“Oh much so. Very alarmin’ for a little while before Charlie takes me down to his lab and sits me down in the chair. Then, everythin’s clear. Now, at first, he didn’t program me for anythin’. Just opened my eyes to everythin’ about the Organization. With that, he gives me a choice. Either I can be programed to take over for computer programin’ and more of the mainframe work of it all, or just go to gadgetry. Charlie was doing everythin’ and was just overwhelmed. You think that man is stressed now, just imagine him before Lila and I came along. Then talk about stress.”

“Yikes. I can only imagine what he was like. Living off of energy drinks, seeing sounds, tasting colours. Ya know, the works.”

Doug nodded. “Oh yeah. He was bad. As soon as I was programed properly, everythin’ was smooth sailin’ from there. Now, mind you, when I was startin’ out I was still part time. When I was off duty, I spent most of my time here to avoid what was goin’ on back home. Lila, Charlie, and I were gettin’ quite close and just clicked so well.

“It had been almost seven years since I had gone that night when I returned for a visit. Charlie went with me for emotional support. Lila, for obvious reasons, decided to stay back. I don’t blame her. Back then, tourism was not really a thin’ so she would have really been out a place. So, just Charlie and I.

“I had found me sister.” He stared off into space for a moment as he continued to talk, almost as if it hurt him to recall this part of the story. “She’d lived through the epidemic and gotten married with a wee one of her own with another on the way. She took one look at me and just smacked me.

“She started yellin’ at me for leavin’ her to take care of our mum and younger sibling’s. At that time she was only fifteen. Poor thin’ had all the rights in the world to bloody well yell at me. When she’s done yellin’, she’s cryin’ and stares me straight in the eyes and tells me that the rest of our family is gone and she never wants to see me again. Again, I don’t blame her one bit.

“Some days I blame myself for not goin’ back sooner but, it’s hard to guess time here when it literally does not move. More like it creeps by slowly but still. Charlie always says that it wasn’t my fault and it couldn’t have been helped. I don’t know. Some days I wonder what would’ve happened if I would’ve stuck around and not come here.”

“Who knows. Could be dead, maybe alive. Well, you’d be dead now but still could’ve lived through that.”

Doug shrugged and took another sip of his beer. “Aye, yer right. Can’t change the past now. Eh, it’s not like I don’t go back home every so often. It’s nice to visit for a few days and just get trashed in pubs with the man I love.”

“What about the woman you love?” Rose asked, grinning to him.

“Ah, yes, the woman I love is busy explorin’ castles and other landmarks because she loves history. I lived through a good portion of it and just want to get drunk in a terrible pub, see a good Irish band play, get drunk, have a good shag with people I love, then call it a day.”

“Don’t have to worry about seeing family and what not.” Rose shrugged. “So that’s a plus.”

“The rules about full time are strange sometimes. I guess it’s different when you’ve been in the game for a long time. Who knows, I sure as shite doesn’t. I’m just a baby technical wizard not much older than ya and yer friend.”

“Do you know what set any of your mind off to how Charlie found you?”

Doug shrugged. “As far as I know, it was merely me just seein’ and talkin’ to Charlie that first day I saw him in the village. To everyone else, they thought it was right mad. Conversatin’ with no one. Just another crazed, bisexual, loon in the village, that’s all.”

Rose laughed. “That’s one way of looking at it.”

He chuckled. “Aye, but you learn to live with it. I’m the only one who was able to hold onto their accent. Constantly surrounding myself with Irish music and whatnot. I also go back a lot more than one may think, with or without my loves.”

“How come?”

“Eh, I just get a bit homesick. May have somethin’ to do with seein’ me sister after so long that one time. Who knows. I just like to get drunk in a pub sometimes. Hell, even when we go to visit Lila’s hometown in China I still find a trashy Irish pub to drink in. Just a little piece of home. These canned beers only take me so far.” He shook his can a bit before taking another sip. “Nothin’ beats a cold Guinness while an Irish band is playin’ their hearts out while a whole pub of drunken Irishmen are singing along in unison.”

“That sounds really cool actually.” Rose admitted.

“Maybe ya and Brad should come with me next time I go home. Could be fun.”

“Hell yeah it could.” She smiled. “So, Lila doesn’t mind you two running off?”

He shook his head. “Nah, not at all. She loves the history and catchin’ up on decades worth of fightin’ techniques and history that she’d missed while Charlie and I get drunk. As long as we’re with her at the end of the day to cuddle, she’s fine.”

“Awe, that’s adorable.”

Doug smiled and kicked back up from his reclined position. “I should get back to fixin’ this now. Almost done it seems.”

“You got a cool story, Doug.” She smiled to him. “You should write a book.”

Doug laughed. “With what spare time? I’m always buried in somethin’ or with my loves. Even when I’m with them I’m still workin’!” He shook his head. “Eh, who knows. Maybe someday.”

The two chatted casually about more positive subjects as he continued to fix up her stasis gun. Soon the it was all properly fixed up and firing properly once more. He was a wizard after all. A beautiful Irish wizard.

Doug stood up and slid back into his jacket. “Ya know, all that talk about goin’ home makes me want to get lost in a pub. Want to find yer friend and accompany me and Charlie?”

“I’d love to.”

Doug smiled. “Excellent. Meet in the transport room then.”

“Seems like a plan. Also, thanks for answering my dumb question and sorry if it opened doors you didn’t want to open again.”

He waved her off. “Don’t worry about it, lass. I’m not worried about it anymore. It’s in the past and we can’t live there, now can we?”

“I suppose not.”

“Exactly. But you can go back there to drink heavily to forget.” He smiled and patted her head. “As long as you’re with friends and loved ones, you can forget anythin’ with enough alcohol.”

“Hey Doug?”

“Yeah?”

“Your Irish is showing hard core right now.”

“Good. All the better to go home with.” He laughed, nudging her gently out of the room.